Cole Mandola
A while back i owned an oval hole mandola. i sold it to help pay for my son's college tuition. it was not getting played, so i sold it to a cafe member who seemed to really love it. i've been dola-less since so, several weeks ago I put up an advert looking for a mandola. there were a few folks with Webers for sale, a handful of Eastmans, a Gypsy.......i mulled it over....mmmm, and then i got an email from a builder named Ron Cole from southern Idaho. he sent me some pics of a mandola he had made a while back. it is an A style, F holes, engelmann topped. but the last picture was of the back. my eyes rolled into the back of my head......yup, one piece back, figured maple.......so i sent Ron a check and he sent me this lovely mandola. it has a big full voice, and when it acclimates fully it will only get better and better. i cannot say enough good things about this instrument. i am tickled pink as this all worked out extremely well. Ron's the real deal, and a hell of a picker himself.
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